Key ring retainer



E. P. HALLEY Oct. 27, 1931.

KEY RING RETA INER Filed 001;. 9, 1930 wardly to free the hook so that Patented Oct. 27, 1931 ELTON P. HALLE'Y, 0F SANDERSON, TEXAS KEY RING RETAINER Application filed. October 9, 1930. Serial No. 487,608.

This invention relates to a key ring retainer adapted to be worn on the belt.

It is aimed to provide a novel construction which will to the maximum extent guard against detachment of the device from the belt and detachment of the ring or the like from the hook.

At the same time it is aimed to provide an exceedingly simple, compact and novel construction in which the hook is doubled, and in which the hook-closing tongue is better resiliently urged to closed position.

The more specific objects and advantages will'become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in c0nnection with accompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a view showing the device in perspective as applied to a fragment of a belt,

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the device,

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the device, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 8.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the retainer is generally designated 10 and preferably made from a single strip or length of relatively stout resilient metal of any desired kind. The device provides a hook at 11 on which a ring 12 for keys or the like is detachably supported. The strip is doubled upon itself from the free edge of the hook from one portion of which, a rear bar 13 extends and which is returned at 15 which constitutes the closure tongue for the hook 11, such tongue 15 being adapted to be pressed inthe ring 12 may be applied or removed.

The other portion of the metallic strip diverges from the bar 13 providing a cam- V bered bar 16 which engages the tongue 15 through an opening 18 in the bar 13 and upset. The bar 16 in combination with the bar 13 provides a loop or opening through which a belt 19, adapted to surround the waist of the wearer, is passed. Such bar 16 also resiliently urges the tongue 15 into hook closing position and gives a more positive action to the latter.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. A device of the class described having a hook, a bar extending therefrom and returned toward the hook to form a closing tongue therefor, and a cambered portion also extending from the hook and engaging the inner surface of said tongue.

2. A device of the class described having a hook, a bar extending therefrom and returned toward the hook to form a closing tongue therefor, a second bar having a cambered portion also extending from the hook and engaging the inner surface of said tongue, and said bars being spaced apart to permit attachment of the device to a belt or the like.

3. A device of the class described having a hook, a bar extending therefrom and returned toward the hook to form a closing tongue therefor, a second bar having a cambered portion also extending from the hook and engaging the inner surface of said tongue, said bars being spaced apart to permit attachment of the device to a belt or the like, and means rigidly connecting the second mentioned bar to the first mentioned bar adjacent the end of the latter remote from the hook.

4. A device of the class described comprising a strip of metal bent upon itself to provide a hook of double thickness, one portion of the metal from the hook formin a bar, said bar being returned to provide a closure tongue for the hook, the other portion of the metal from the hook being cambered and in engagement With the inner-surface of the tongue, said latter portion at its terminal having a lug secured to the first mentioned arm;

5. A device of the classdescribed comprising a strip of metal bent upon itself to provide a hook of double thickness, one portion of the metal from the hookforming a bar,

' said bar being returned to provide a closure end inen ageinenvw the tongue.

tongue for the hook, and the other portion of the metal from the hook being cambered In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

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